Good question!

I think it would be possible to do both. You could also group by author and not count references when you include your own module/distribution in your own code.

The problems with the using CPANTS use-by for my purpose is 1) you need to know what distribution a module you're interested in lives in and 2) you need to know which of the used-by results actually use the module you're interested in.

Remember, I'm not looking for a way to rank authors or the value of a module. I want to help folks deciding what module to use from among a list.

For instance, if you've never written a script that interacts with an IMAP server before and you need to do so now, do you use Net::IMAP or Net::IMAP::Simple? I want to make that decision easier.

In reply to Re^4: CPAN Reference Counter II by pileofrogs
in thread CPAN Reference Counter II by pileofrogs

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